In the contemporary world, where men and women get equal career opportunities, they should always be given a choice of whether they want to do a job or not. Therefore, if one partner is working the other has to look after the house chores and the children in his absence, be it a woman or a man. In this essay, I will discuss why in a great many countries more and more men are preferring to stay at home to look after the family while women do full-time jobs.